Preparing for “Ganesh Chaturthi”

19 August 2011 12:10 pm

An artisan applies finishing touches to an idol of Hindu elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, at a workshop in Jammu August 19, 2011. Idols of Ganesh are made two to three months before the day of “Ganesh Chaturthi”, a popular religious festival in India. The idols are taken through the streets in a procession accompanied by dancing and singing, to be immersed in a river or the sea symbolising a ritual see-off of his journey towards his abode in Mount Kailash, while taking away with him the misfortunes of mankind. REUTERS